Creative Writing Prompts 1. My name is Kyle Deerborne. I am an architect from California, living in New Mexico.

I'm thirty-four years old, single but looking. Two days ago I killed someone and I haven't been able to... 2. Nick Woolley lived a half hazard life from the day he was born; mostly due to no fault of his own, but by the time he was seventeen he had... 3. She sat in the 1979 Mustang Indy Pace with the engine running. It wasn't environmentally friendly but she wanted to be sure she could fall in line behind him when he came out of the store. It was a reliable care despite of it's age. Rose Egglin had been trailing a client's husband for three days. She hoped that today was the day he... 4. Damon pressed his thumb and forefinger of his right hand into the inner corners of his closed eyes hoping to provide some relief from the pain that throbbed there. His doctor had given him a new medication to try, phito-something-no-on-could-spell but it didn't seem to be touching it. Any longer and he'd have to... 5. On Friday November 13, 2009 I vowed I'd never kiss Mitch Moore again. On Saturday November 14, 2009 I found my body and my lips pressed up against... 6. Thanks to Star Trek I grew up thinking space was the final frontier when in reality it was really... 7. It was twenty minutes before Dr. Monique Resler had to deliver her presentation on the positive aspects of genetic research to a room full of potential sponsors with pens in one hand and check books in the other. She was nervous and experiencing the whole sweaty palm response but at the moment she was more concerned with being late. As she pulled up to the light at Marque and Fifth... 8. No one appreciates fairy godmothers. I give, give, give and do I even get a thank you in return? That's right, no. Well, now it's my turn. I'm going to be my own fairy godmother and the first thing I'm going to take care of is... 9. I can still see her standing near the shore, a giant tropical printed towel tied under her armpits, and her feet buried in the sand. It was the end of summer and... 10. Thunderstorms really wig me out. Not heebie-jeebies like, I'm talking about the shakes and hyperventilating and every thing in between. I used pass out on a regular basis in grade school and highschool. I swear we lived in the thunderstorm capital of the world. You would think my parents would have... 11. Ever since I was five I have always liked to surround myself with my favorite things. Back then it was ribbons and patent shoes. Today it's pearls and... 12. I should have known when I saw the first few hints of green that something had gone terribly wrong but it wasn't until Sondra the hairdresser completely removed the towel that I... 13. There are ten secrets about living in Odessa Springs that every newcomer wishes they had known before they had called the movers and filed for their change of address. Let me go through them for you one at a time. Number ten...

14. Cane's vehicle began to slip on the ramp. I could hear a mad screeching as he jammed his foot onto the break. When the spin started all I could think... 15. The gash in his leg slowed him some but Jonathon carried her from Myers bridge all the way to Tuckers Corner with little... 16. I met Court down by Rayborn's swimming hole. He splashed me on purpose and I got mad at him on purpose. He laughed, I flipped my wet hair and swam away. I didn't think he would... 17. He was standing in the center of the dimly lit back room. In the distance he could hear a train beating the rails. Mr. Simms sat on the other side of an abused oak desk sucking back his cigar. When it came down to it, all Jake could ask was "Why... 18. The news anchor's voice continued to crack, "A lethal virus has been released into Vegas. At the moment we know of four stages. The final outcome looks..."